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by rufus_foreman 840 days ago
>> There's obviously two sides to the issue, right?

This is false.

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Thank you. I'd like the option to work from work or home and I don't want to schedule it.
So there’s literally no example, anywhere on this wide planet, of a company that would be more successful with its team working together in an office?
From my experience, companies are more concerned with "in an office" than "working together".

Yes, when the whole team is working from a single location, there can be advantages. But that situation is uncommon. In fact, the only time I can recall being in that situation during the last 20 years is a short stint I had at a startup; about 10 people, from CEO to intern, in a single open office. And even then, they only _required_ in-office three times a week.

More common, teams are split over two or more cities/states/countries. I'm currently in Colorado. I'm never going to have a water cooler chat with my colleague in Budapest.

This is not what the study concludes or even suggests.